Harassment & Discrimination

Written by Workforce chief journalist Gerard May. The Fair Work Commission has found a decorated war veteran and the first female Black Hawk pilot was unfairly dismissed from her private sector job with the cmn forming “a strong impression” her gender was a “significant factor” in her boss looking for “dirt” on her – while ...more

Written by Workers Compensation Report managing editor Helen Jones. Qld’s Anti-Discrimination Commission (ADCQ) has recommended the state workers’ compensation law be further amended to achieve “greater clarity” and “understanding” for employers and employees. ADCQ says it supports a Qld Government proposal to remove prospective employers’ right to obtain job applicants’ w/comp claims histories from the ...more

The Financial Services Institute of Australia (Finsia) has launched a series of videos of executives revealing their personal “lightbulb moment” which led to them understanding the issue of gender diversity. One video shows Commonwealth Bank CEO Ian Narev talking about the impact of having parents who were holocaust survivors and how that gave him an ...more

The Federal Government has announced a new Minimum Standard which will apply to businesses with more than 500 employees but it will continue to consult on additional reporting matters under the Workplace Gender Equality Act (WGE Act). Reporting requirements for businesses with more than 100 employees remained unchanged from April 4, settling a period of ...more

The threat of workplace bullying continuing by the same perpetrator is a prerequisite condition for a complaint to go to the Fair Work Commission (FWC), the draft benchbook and case management procedures unveiled by FW Commissioner Justice Iain Ross at press time have revealed. Bringing an end to the speculation about how the FWC will handle its ...more

With a new federal anti-bullying regime coming into place next year, Thomson Reuters’ Journals have been giving timely and topical coverage of Judicial bullying and workplace stress in the legal profession. Earlier this year, Workplace Review published a special issue featuring a range of articles considering workplace bullying, particularly in the legal profession. Jeffrey Phillips SC, workplace ...more

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